Wallpaper scraper

Abstract

A scraper for manually scraping a layer of material, such as wallpaper for example, off a given surface. The scraper includes a handle, front and rear portions, a roller assembly and a scraping tool. The handle is used for manual handling of the scraper, and has front and rear extremities. The front portion extends forwardly from the front extremity of the handle, at an angle from the handle, and has a top part connected to the front extremity of the handle and a bottom part used for operatively resting the scraper against the given surface to be treated with the scraper. The rear portion extends rearwardly from the rear extremity of the handle, at an angle from said handle, and has similar top and bottom parts. The roller assembly is operatively mounted to the bottom part of the rear portion for facilitating displacement of the scraper over the given surface to be treated. The scraping tool extends from the bottom part of the front portion, at an angle from the handle, for scrapping off the layer of material from the given surface to be treated via a displacement of the scraper over the given surface.

Description

[0001]The present application claims priority of U.S. provisional patent application No. 60 / 836,363 dated Aug. 9, 2006, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a scraper. More particularly, in its intended preferred use, the present invention relates to a wallpaper scraper for scraping wallpaper and the like, in addition to carrying out other related multitask functions, as well as to a method of use associated thereto.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Devices such as manual scrapers used for scraping, removing or stripping layers or residual portions of wallpaper, paint, hardened glue, and the like, from surfaces, whether substantially flat or other, are well known in the art.[0004]The Assignee of the present application has developed several of such products, some of which are described in the following US patents and industrial designs: D258,043; D263,277; D414,395; D431,993; D435,408; D463,639; D474,389...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0018]a roller assembly operatively mounted to the bottom part of the rear portion for facilitating displacement of the scraper over the given surface to be treated when its front and rear portions are rested thereagainst; and

[0021]Preferably also, the handle is made of a substantially rigid material for sustaining loads to which the scraper may be subjected to, and said handle is further provided with an elastomeric covering for improving an ergonomic handling of the scraper.

[0025]According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the tool is substantially flexible, and the tool is further configured about the bottom part of the front portion so that a distal end of the tool rests at an angle against the given surface to be treated when the front and rear portions of the scraper are pressed against said given surface. Preferably also, side edges of the tool are rounded off. The tool may also be configured as to be removably connectable to the bottom part of the front portion, and may consist of a blade, a razor, a spatula, or any other suitable type of tool for allowing the scraper to remove the layer of material off from the surface to be treated.

[0032]a roller assembly operatively mounted to the bottom part of the rear portion for facilitating displacement of the scraper over the given surface to be treated when its front and rear portions are rested thereagainst; and

Problems solved by technology

However, conventional scrapers are not always optimally designed for allowing an ergonomic use of the tool, for extended period of portions, and / or for an improved scraping of the material.

It is also known in the art that some conventional scrapers may be conveniently used for scraping surfaces and the like, but unfortunately, are not always designed so as to prevent the occurrence of undesirable damages to the surfaces being treated, therefore occasionally causing unwanted notches and other damages on the surfaces to be scraped, which subsequently need to be repaired, etc., which is disadvantageous, for obvious reasons.

It is also known in the art that most conventional scrapers are very task specific, and thus are not ultimately designed so as to enable to carry out a variety of tasks.

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